A pinch of June Cleaver, a dash of Martha Stewart, & a whole lotta Mommy! My domestic diary...the good, the bad, & the ugly ;)

Monday, January 25, 2010

The Edible Purse

When Mr. Spouse & I first started dating, I SO tried to wow him with my domestic prowess. The thing was, I had none. One day I was watching Sandra Lee make these yum banana purses and I was all, “TOO easy! I’ll make these for boyfriend tonight!” So I did. And much to my dismay, he wasn’t a fan. Much like the dishes from my early dating days, I haven’t made that one since. For whatever reason, I had a serious craving for them the other day and just HAD to have them!! I must have come a long way in my domestic journey because not only did Mr. Spouse LOVE them, but he swears I never made these for him before. I’m glad he didn’t remember my first go ‘round :)

Preheat oven to 400. Line a cookie sheet with foil and spray with PAM. Slice your bananas…

In a medium bowl, combine bananas & syrup. Mash bananas slightly with a fork and mix well with syrup. I know it doesn’t sound very good, but TRUST ME. The combo is AMAZING!!!

Now…here’s where I veered off from the original recipe. I used puff pastry shells instead of cutting the sheets to size. Make sure they’re thawed before you start! Take a pastry brush and coat the top of the shells with milk. If you don’t have a pastry brush, just use a spoon and spread the milk evenly.

In a small bowl, combine the cinnamon & sugar and sprinkle on top of pastries.

Spoon the banana/syrup mix on top of the cinnamon/sugar.

Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Mr. Spouse said that was the best part ;)

I’m tellin’ you guys…this is seriously the BEST dessert ever!!! We BOTH loved it!!! As you can see, this recipe makes A LOT….especially if you go the easy route and use the shells instead of sheets. We had LOTS of the banana/syrup mix leftover, so I put it in tupperware, refrigerated it, and then pulled it out for dessert the next night! Still JUST as good!! Not to mention, super quick & easy ! You could definitely scale down the recipe to make a lot less if you needed, but I promise you won’t want to!!!